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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,380, dated April'7, 1885.

Application filed August 16, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be itknown that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSwinging Toys; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective view of my device.

This invention has relation to automatic swinging toys; and it consistsin the construe tion and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafterset forth, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A designates the body of thetoy, which is preferably made in skeleton form, and is perforated at B Bfor the passage of the axles C and D, to which the wheels E areattached. To the middle portion of the bodyA is pivoted a lever, F,which extends upward, and is laterally bent, so that its slotted arm Gwill vibrate on one side of the center when the lever is in motion. Thelower short arm, H, of the lever is connected to the crank L of the axleby a rod,

K, so that when the carriage is in motion the slotted lever will be setin action. From the body portion A extends upward over the middlethereof a wire rod or support, S, to which. is pivoted a swing, Z, whichis constructed with a lateralproject-ion, m, adapted to be engaged bythe slot 12 of the vibratory arm G. The seat a of the swing is'usuallyperforated at b b for the passage'of a cord, so that asmalldoll or otherarticle may be tied in connection therewith.

When the toyis drawn along,he revolution of the crank-axle causes thelever to vibrate back and forth, producing a lively motion of 5 theswing.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

A swinging toy consisting of a carriage having a cranlcaxle, a vibratorylever having a laterally-bent slotted arm, a link connecting thevibratory lever with the crank-axle, and a p,

swing suspended above the carriage and having alateral projectionengaging the slot of the lever-arm, substantially as specified,

In testimony whereof I affix mysig'nature in

